While I was DIY’ing my engagement invitations, I had debated on whether or not to get a personal printer so that I could do these print projects, at my leisure without having to rely on one of my maids with a printer to be available for an afternoon craft session.
I was able to get away with it for that particular project, but when I found out that I only had a limited time (read: less than a week) to help my future brother-in-law and his lovely bride with creating seating cards for their upcoming wedding (this Saturday!) I bit the bullet and decided to invest in the best printer for under $100 I could find.
Folks, say hello to my new Epson Artisan 730 All-In-One printer (originally $199 but on sale at my local Best Buy for $99).
The directions that came with the machine was really easy and made set-up a snap. Connecting it to my wi-fi connection was equally simple making me think that my printing project for the afternoon (200 seating cards – more on that in a later post) was going to be a breeze.
Wrong.
When I printed test sheets on regular paper, everything seemed to work fine. But when it came time to print off labels on vellum paper, which was a little bit thicker, it kept stalling where I could only print one sheet at a time. Imagine my frustration because I had to print 20 sheets!
I didn’t have time to really troubleshoot on the spot since I was in a hurry – I only had yesterday to try and finish up as much as I could since I fly out for the wedding Thursday night. But if I had more time, I’m thinking that I needed to change the paper setting somehow so that it would recognize the heavier sheet. After all, this printer is meant to print photos on heavier paper anyway.
So while I’m glad I purchased a printer for at-home use on my own wedding DIY projects down the road, I had a really hard time trying to get started on my 200 seating cards for S & F’s wedding this weekend (do you spy the stack of pink placecards in the background? LOL).
Have you had any experience in printing with an Espon? I hope someone can tell me it’s a paper setting issue vs the actual printer or I might have to take the machine back and exchange it for the Canon Pixma I had my eye on.
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